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Auction 22 · Lot 181
Machsor Lipsiae
- Estimate
- $700–$900
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
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author
zz (JEWISH ART)
Place
Leipzig
Publication
1964
Description
Sixty-Eight Facsimile Plates of the Medieval, Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript in the Possession of the Leipzig University Library. Text in Hebrew, German and English
summary
First illustrated Machzor reproduced in facsimile. The Leipzig Machzor is the most sumptuous of South German illuminated Machzorim, with the most extensive array of illustrations. It is regarded as one of the most significant medieval monuments of Hebraic art
Plate volume in pictoral cream folding box with multi-colored stamp design on front. Accompanied by Text Volume (essays by Elias Katz and Bezalel Narkiss). Housed in original publisher’s box, worn. Folio
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